ST. PAUL, Minn. - This Saturday at 6 p.m., Concordia-St. Paul (2-1 NSIC, 2-1 South) heads to Wayne, Nebraska to face Wayne State (1-2 NSIC, 1-2 South) at Cunningham Field at Memorial Stadium.

The game concludes the early season NSIC South Division portion of the schedule and starts Concordia's only set of back-to-back road games on the schedule. Next, CSP heads to St. Cloud State to start the first of four NSIC North-South Division contests before concluding with three South Division games at the end of the year.

FOLLOW ONLINE
For fans not making the drive to Wayne America in Northeast Nebraska, follow the games online as part of the NSIC's league-wide streaming agreement with Presto Sports (formerly Stretch Internet). All CSP football games can be viewed in Concordia's online video portal.

Fans can also watch on their smart TV through various means including Roku, Apple TV, Amazon FireTV and Android TV. Simply search "NSIC" to find the Stretch Internet/Presto Sports application which carries the full slate of Northern Sun broadcasts (all sports!), with options to sort by school or sport.

The video will be produced by News Channel Nebraska with Michael Shively on the call.

The game will also be aired locally in Northeast Nebraska on KTCH 104.9 FM with Aaroh Scheffler calling the action for the Wildcats. The radio call will also be streamed online and is available on the Tune-In Radio app.

DOWNLOAD THE CSP BEARS GAMEDAY FAN APP
Follow the Golden Bear football team along with the rest of your favorite CSP Bears squads by downloading the CSP Bears gameday fan app, hosted by From Now On. The app provides users with a unique and customizable experience, allowing each user to select the sports they want to follow and how they are connected to CSP (fans, students, faculty/staff, alumni, etc). The app will also be a new way to stay updated on the action as well as to be the first to find out about promotions and special events!

COACHES SHOW RETURNS TO TWIN CITIES RADIO IN 2019
The Coaches Show with Shannon Currier is back for a second year, once again hosted by Wally Langfellow of Minnesota Score. The show airs following the Minnesota high school football game of the week, typically on Friday evenings in the 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. hour on KYCR 1440 AM radio, available in the Twin Cities metro area. This week's guests include senior wide receiver Marcus Gustaveson and junior cornerback Preston Piltoff.

For fans who miss the show or are outside of the radio station's Twin Cities reach, the entire show is accessible via the CSP Bears Podcast, available in Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play Music. It will typically be uploaded late Friday night (after the initial air time) or Saturday morning prior to the game. LISTEN ONLINE (available late Friday/early Saturday)

CSP MAKES FROGTOWN RADIO DEBUT IN ST PAUL
Concordia continues to make a positive impression in the St. Paul community with local radio station WFNU (94.1 FM) starting a regular segment to air on Saturday mornings at 9:30 a.m. The first air time is set for September 21, but the station has started recording interviews for a podcast titled "Concordia-St. Paul Scoreboard" which is available on Spotify and Anchor. Follow WFNU Frogtown Radio's CSP connections at @ScoreboardCSP and @651SportsUpdate. The first interview features was with head coach Shannon Currier, and this week's guest is senior offensive tackle Ethan Aune. LISTEN

2019 TEAM CAPTAINS
CSP head coach Shannon Currier will have rotating team captains each week for the second year in a row. Captains are selected by the coaching staff based on performance on the field and as a leader in practice, meetings and day-to-day activities.

This week's game captain: senior offensive lineman Rich Kelly (4x) and senior quarterback Maxon Hutton (4x) on offense and junior Chris Garrett (4x) and senior Jackson Dobbs on defense.

SERIES HISTORY: CONCORDIA 10, WAYNE STATE 10
Entering the 21st meeting between the programs, Concordia-St. Paul and Wayne State have each secured 10 wins with this Saturday's contest becoming a tipping point in the series. CSP won four of the first five in the series that started in 1999 with Concordia's entrance into the NSIC and held a 6-2 record in the first eight meetings through 2006. From there, Wayne State won eight of the next 11 including three straight from 2007 to 2009 and four straight from 2014 to 2017. Concordia snapped the four game skid in the series with last year's 29-7 win on MidcoSN's Thursday Night Football Game of the Week on a stormy night at Sea Foam Stadium in St. Paul.

In Wayne, Concordia holds a 4-5 all-time record and has lost two in a row in Wayne America, 27-23 in the last trip in 2017 and 20-17 in 2015. The last four games played in Nebraska have been decided by four points or less and only two of the nine games played there all-time have been decided by more than four points, 1999 (WSC 39, CSP 21) and 2008 (WSC 41, CSP 17).

Head coach Shannon Currier holds a 5-2 record against Wayne State and is 1-1 in two trips to Wayne America. In Currier's first term in 2000-to-2003, the Golden Bears went 4-0 against the Wildcats, winning their only road trip 14-11 in 2001. Since rejoining the sidelines in 2016, Currier's Golden Bears are 1-2 against the Wildcats, falling 27-23 in the only trip there in 2017 but winning last year's game 29-7 in St. Paul.

LAST MEETING, 2018: CONCORDIA 29, WAYNE STATE 7
Concordia couldn't be slowed down by a pair of lightning delays or the Wayne State Wildcats on Thursday night football last year in week four, winning 29-7 to snap a four game losing streak to WSC while evening the all-time series at 10-10.

It was also the program's first three game winning streak at Sea Foam Stadium, which opened in 2009.

The game had a kickoff delay of 25 minutes followed by a one our, 29 minute first quarter delay after CSP took a 7-0 lead on a 13-yard Shaq Johnson touchdown run.

Johnson had 12 carries for 94 yards along with the TD to lead CSP to a 200-yard rushing performance on 43 team attempts. Johnson also had his season ended due to injury in the contest.

Following the delay, defensive end Jackson Dobbs secured a sack that led to a 3-and-out with WSC snapping the ball out of the end zone for CSP's first safety since 2012 and a 9-0 lead.

Following an early second quarter 30-yard field goal by Jonas Schenderlein, quarterback Dom McKinzy connected from 31 and 40 yards to Marcus Gustaveson and MJ Williams, respectively.

The McKinzy-Williams TD came with just five seconds to play in the half and gave CSP a 26-0 lead.

In the second half, WSC didn't score until 4:25 to play in the fourth quarter, a 1-yard touchdown run by D'andre Vanexel who finished the game with seven carries for 45 yards.

Schenderlein added his second field goal with 1:36 to play from 36 yards out after CSP recovered WSC onside kick.

Gustaveson finished with four catches for 85 yards while Williams had six for 79. McKinzy completed 15-of-31 for 198 yards and leading a turnover free offense, adding 10-for-43 rushing with a long of 28.

Concordia's secondary combined to shut down one of the league's top receivers, Nate Rogers, to just 40 yards on five receptions in the game while Marcus Haskins picked off his fourth pass in as many games, added a forced fumbled (recovered by Shawn Aarhus) and had a pair of pass deflections.

Concordia's defensive front had six quarterback hurries and three sacks which led to eight pass breakups. CSP held WSC quarterback Aaron Bleil who was averaging over 290 yards per game entering play, to just 103 yards on 11-of-28 passing. WSC as a team completed 14-of-39 for 160 on the game.

Kelly Pierce and Chris Garrett joined Dobbs with a sack apiece.

LAST WEEK: #3 MINNESOTA STATE 29, CONCORDIA 3
In a battle of the last two unbeatens in the NSIC South Division, third-ranked Minnesota State prevailed 29-3 over Concordia as the two teams' defenses were the centerpiece of the competition.

MSU capitalized on a significant early game field position advantage, averaging a start at its own 48 in the first quarter while Concordia averaged the 22 yard line and was faced with the wind in addition to the stingy Maverick defense.
By game's end, MSU carried a 16 yard average starting position advantage.

The Maverick defense certainly played a part in that, holding CSP to 14 rushing yards, 134 yards of total offense and eight first downs.

Concordia's defense had a tough task, with the nation's third-ranked team boasting 550 yards of total offense and 364 per game on the ground.

The Golden Bears held firm against MSU, limiting well below those marks but MSU still managed to total 386 yards of offense and 220 rushing yards.

The defense was led by sophomore linebacker Jake Portz with his second-striaght 15-plus tackle performance, securing 15 tackles after racking up 18 last week and pushing his season total to 40 which ranks second in the country.

Senior defensive end Jackson Dobbs had eight tackles, 2.0 for loss  and a third down sack to stop MSU's opening drive on a 3-and-out.

Also adding strong defensive performances were junior linebacker Dalton Smerchek with seven tackles and a sack, junior defensive end Chris Garrett had five tackles, 1.5 TFL and a sack.

The secondary recorded its first interception of the season by junior Lorenzo Kendricks, halting a second quarter MSU drive at the 30 yard line - his first career interception.

The offense was led by senior wide receiver MJ Williams with four catches for 52 yards and a long of 35 while senior Jabril Clewis had two catches for 39 yards.

Senior quarterback Maxon Hutton completed 11-of-21 for 120 yards and a long of 35 while adding 15 yards on the ground with a long of 19.

Danny Laudet led the special teams with a strong 42.3 punting average on seven punts with a career long of 63, adding a fourth yard 44 yard field goal.

NOTES ABOUT THE WILDCATS
Wayne State entered 2019 picked 13th in the NSIC Preseason Coaches Poll, behind Upper Iowa and SMSU who were tied for 11th, but picked sixth by the NSIC South Division coaches, ahead of SMSU and UIU who were tied for seventh.

The Wildcats are off to a 1-2 start to the season, falling 37-20 at Winona State and 26-13 at Augustana in week 1 and 3 road games, while sliding past SMSU 19-13 in overtime in the week two home opener.

Last week, Wayne State saw a 13-0 lead late in the second quarter disappear in a 26-13 loss at Augie.

The Wildcats have been solid on third down, converting 45 percent (22-49) but have punched the ball in the end zone just five times in 11 trips.

WSC has also been outscored 30-0 on turnovers on the season although they've averaged over 400 yards of total offense including 272 through the air and an average of 21 first downs per game.

Defensively, they've allowed 375 yards per game but they've held strong in the red zone, allowing just three touchdowns although opponents have been to the red zone an average of five times per game.

Andy McCance is the league leader with 817 passing and 960 yards of total offense, although the freshman has thrown 7 INTs and 5 TD passes.

His top two targets are Mason Lee (15-172, 2 TD) and Taurean Grady (13-197, 2 TD).

Aaron Wright leads the league with a 31.8 KR average including a TD and Ethan Knudson has made 4-4 PATs and FGs for 16 points to lead special teams.

Jacob Protzman leads the defense with an NSIC best 6.0 TFL while Kevin Ransom is third in the league with four pass breakups and 12th with 21 tackles.